Artistic Directors

Melinda Lee MasurLauded for her “impeccable technique and artistic interpretation” [The Columbian], pianist Melinda Lee Masur has performed on all three stages of Carnegie Hall; at London's Wigmore Hall and Purcell Room; the Berliner Philharmonie, at the Ravinia Festival; Festival Les Muséiques Basel, and many more. She is a founding member of The Lee Trio, which has been praised worldwide for their “gripping immediacy and freshness” [The Strad]. She has collaborated with Thomas Quasthoff, Alban Gerhardt, Adrian Brendel and Chuanyun Li. A graduate of Harvard University and the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover, Germany, Melinda Lee Masur's mentors have included Erna Gulabyan, Maria Curcio, Claude Frank, Anna Kim, Leon Kirchner, Wolfram Rieger and Einar Steen-Nøkleberg. She is currently the Director of Piano Chamber Music at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute. Melinda Lee Masur is a Steinway Artist.

Ken-David MasurConductor and Grammy-nominated producer Ken-David Masur has been hailed as “fearless,” [Union Tribune], and “a brilliant and commanding conductor” [Leipziger Volkszeitung]. He is Assistant Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Munich Symphony. His recent engagements include the San Diego Symphony, Dresden Philharmonic, Russian National Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Hiroshima Symphony, Japan Philharmonic, Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony, Brazilian Symphony, Portland Symphony, Memphis Symphony and Omaha Symphony. He was educated at the Leipzig Conservatory, the Detmold Academy, the Hanns Eisler Conservatory--where he studied bass-baritone with Thomas Quasthoff--the Manhattan School of Music and Columbia University, where he served as first Music Director of the Bach Society Orchestra and Chorus. He has studied primarily under his father Kurt Masur and also with Helmut Rilling, Sir Colin Davis, Christoph von Dohnányi, Stefan Asbury and Christopher Seaman.